Obituaries

Hugh Daniel Gardner

Hugh Daniel Gardner, 73, of Harding Street, Milford, formerly of Lenox, died Friday morning at the Geriatric Authority in Milford. Born in Cambridge on Jan. 27, 1931, son of John E. and Mary E....

Paul E. Hebert

Paul E. Hebert, 86, of 330 Kirchner Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in St. John, Quebec, Canada, on April 9, 1918, son of Wilfred and Bernadette Laurin Hebert,...

Rocco DiNicola

Rocco DiNicola, 53, of 8 Spring St. died yesterday at home. Born in Sambuceto, province of Chieti, Abruzzi, Italy, on Oct. 11, 1950, son of Marianna Spelorzi DiNicola of Sambuceto and the late...

Donna Ruth Spitzer

Donna Ruth Spitzer, 53, of 103 Lincoln St. died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 25, 1951, daughter of Mary Monroe Rider Brasie of Pittsfield and the late...

Rose Mary Tristany Condron

Rose Mary Tristany Condron, 94, of 169 Valentine Road died Monday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pennsylvania on April 28, 1910, daughter of Dominic and Katherine Melfi Gigliotti, she came...

Jeanette G. Tallman

Jeanette G. Tallman, 86, of 101 Orlando Ave. died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 2, 1918, daughter of Philip and Natalie Rimbold Gelinas, she was a 1936 graduate of the former...

Edwina McNeil Scribner

Edwina McNeil Scribner, 74, of 40 Edward Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 23, 1930, daughter of Edward A. Dush Sr. and Gladys Controy Dush, she...

Stephen P. Mozden Sr

Stephen P. Mozden Sr., 88, of 23 Baldwin Ave. died yesterday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. He had spent summers at the Shorelands in Becket since 1955. Born in Woronoco on May 8, 1915, son...

Mary E. Thompson

Mary E. Thompson, 76, of 577 Elm St. died early yesterday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Newton on Feb. 25, 1928, daughter of Henry and Mary Melanson Herlihy, she was a...

Kathrine M. O'Brien

Kathrine M. O'Brien, 89, of 379 East St. died Friday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 18, 1914, daughter of Patrick and Alice Kelly Londergan, she was a 1932 graduate of...

Caroline E. Morse

Caroline E. Morse, 84, of Springfield died yesterday at Riverdale Gardens Nursing Home in West Springfield. She was the mother of Charles Morse of Richmond. Born in Holyoke on April 21, 1920,...

Elizabeth A. Houghtling

Elizabeth A. Houghtling, 92, died Friday at Craneville Place. Born in New Lebanon, N.Y., on Aug. 25, 1911, daughter of Alexander H. and Gracia A. Hassan Williams, she was educated there. She...

Yvette L. Faucher

Yvette L. Faucher, 94, a former longtime resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Marist Hill Nursing Center in Waltham after a long illness. Born in Berlin, N.H., on Aug. 6, 1909, she was the...

Emile Julien Deuss

Emile Julien Deuss, 85, of 5 Wallace Place died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Charleroi, Belgium, on July 7, 1918, son of Leon and Coralie Dumery Deuss, he was educated there and...

David S. Andras

David S. Andras, 66, of 153 Cheshire Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Oct. 9, 1937, son of Josephine Vizi Andras and the...

Michael K. Nolan

Michael K. Nolan, 46, of Dalton Avenue, Pittsfield, formerly of Cone Hill Road, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1957,...

Robert Samuel Najimy Sr

Robert Samuel Najimy Sr., 71, of 53 Onota St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Alston on Dec. 1, 1932, son of Charles and Margaret Smart Najimy, he was a 1950 graduate of...

Kenneth W. Hadsell Sr

Kenneth W. Hadsell Sr., 79, of 13 Noble Ave. died Monday evening at home. Born in Lebanon Springs, N.Y., on July 16, 1924, son of Morey K. and Grace H. Weavers Hadsell, he was a 1942 graduate of...

Kathleen "Kay" Coombs

Kathleen "Kay" Coombs, 79, of 35 Frederick St. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 21, 1925, daughter of Michael B. and Mary E. Maloy McCarron, she was a...

Winifred Amelia Ackley

Winifred Amelia Ackley, 83, of Dawsonville, Ga., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at White Oaks at Lanier nursing home in Cummings, Ga. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1921, daughter of Robert...

Maria Whitcomb

Maria Whitcomb, 87, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court, died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 20, 1917, daughter of Mario and Maria Cresante Disco, she...

Dale C. Tucker

Dale C. Tucker, 75, of 136 Lucia Drive died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Eskridge, Kan., on May 28, 1928, son of Eli and Mahala Cooke Tucker, he was a 1946 graduate of Eskridge...

Selma L. Cohn

Selma L. Cohn, 77, of 10941 Lake Front Place, Boca Raton, Fla., mother of Dr. Michael Cohn of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton. Born in Winthrop on Jan. 11,...

Lucy F. Savage

Lucy F. Savage, 83, of 105 Christopher Drive, Westfield, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 13, 1920, daughter of Joseph A. and Mary E. Stellatano Russo,...

Benjamin Jay Decker

Benjamin Jay Decker, 74, of 222 Buck Island Road, West Yarmouth, formerly of Dalton, died April 17 at home. Mr. Decker was a longtime teacher, assistant principal and principal at Wahconah...